Minako Kudo (Japanese: 工藤美奈子, Hepburn: Kudō Minako), better known as Minako Honda (Japanese: 本田美奈子, Hepburn: Honda Minako, July 31, 1967 - November 6, 2005), later changed to Minako Honda. (Japanese: 本田美奈子., Hepburn: .Honda Minako), was a Japanese idol and musical singer. In 1985, she made her debut with the single "Satsui no Vacane".
She was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia on January 5, 2005. At 4:38 A.M. on November 6, 2005, Honda died at the Juntendo University Hospital in Bunkyō, Tokyo, officially from acute myelogenous leukemia.